REMEMBERING ROSE GRAY
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With the death of Rose Gray at the age of 71 on February 28th, British gastronomy has lost one of its most influential figures (from More Intelligent Life)
THE FILM INDUSTRY
- Lone Scherfig, director of "An Education"
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- Colin Firth, the man in the white shirt
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John Browne and BP
White Africans on the screen
A journalist in the Middle East
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In his book "Dining with al-Qaeda: Three Decades Exploring the Many Worlds of the Middle East", Hugh Pope tries to tell it how it is
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Mothers in China
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After Canada's Olympics
Golden glow -
Michael FootMichael Foot, politician and man of letters, died on March 3rd, aged 96
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Sexual selection
Horny ladiesIf females must compete, evolution will furnish them with weapons to do so
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China's roads
A voyage of discoveryA reporter who explored China’s bigger and lesser roads and found treasure
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Cutting the BBC
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New film: “The Ghost Writer”
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How East Timor became Timor-Leste
A country's agonising birth
Penn on paper
Irving Penn photographed nearly every mover and shaker of the 20th century. A survey of his portraits reveals why they trusted him, writes Helena Douglas ... More»
A nose for farce
William Kentridge's unique staging of "The Nose", Shostakovich's take on Gogol's grimly absurd story, premieres at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Vivien Schweitzer talks to the artist about his work ... More»
John Sussex, author of "Day One Trader"
As debates rage about how financial markets should be changed, some insiders are hearkening back to a simpler time for traders. With “Day One Trader”, Sussex has offered a tribute to this old-school method of trading that once dominated derivatives and securities exchanges around the world... More»
In the first in a continuing series, our books and arts editor considers four of our favourite books from this month... More»
Extraordinary intelligence may not be genetic (Salon)
The problem with a new biography of Nina Simone is the woman herself (Washington Times)
Is a "Best Actress" award sexist? No (Los Angeles Times)
It's time for Russian writers to engage with the country's dodgy past (New York Times)
"Well, the time has come."
~ Barbara Streisand, presenting the best director Oscar to Katherine Bigelow, the first woman to win; in Roger Ebert's Oscar round-up "No Pain for 'Hurt Locker,' Bigelow" (Chicago Sun-Times)
Ties that bind
A review of "The End of the Party: the Rise and Fall of New Labour", a political vivisection by Andrew Rawnsley More»
Phil Archer
Philip Walter Archer, patriarch of Ambridge, died on February 12th, aged 81 More»
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